Sunshine

There are many sci-fi stories that deal with the end of the world, and there are hundreds of themes that have been used to accomplished this act. Here the idea of the Sun dying out before expected isn't a new one but adding in a religious factor drives the story a little more. Yet the older problems of sci-fi films is evident from the very beginning, to much emphases is put on showing the vastness of space and the imminence size of the ship. This slows down the story to a crawl and it then becomes taxing for the audience to pay attention and hold an interest in the film.
A rescue mission is sent to the Sun when it is discovered that it only has 50 years left of life, but after a series of accidents on the ship the mission is in jeopardy. Even with accomplished actors as Cillian Murphy and Michelle Yoeh could not help this film get out of the pit that it created for itself. There are multiple times throughout the film where there are huge gaps between scenes with actors, this alone derails the pace of the story and drives the audience to boredom. There are some interesting effects that make some of the scenes worth watching, but unfortunately they are few and far between and not exciting enough to carry the film.
I had high hopes for this film, with an accomplished actress as Yoeh in the cast there was a chance for this to b something good. But with the direction that the studio and director took this story it becomes sluggish and tiresome for the audience and once a story demands to much from its audience there's more than a good chance that the film will become a flop.